Having been asked to speak at the first official Ada Lovelace Day (15th Oct) celebration in Canada this year, I spent some time thinking about exactly what message I wanted kids, parents, teenagers & women in tech attending to hear. I decided to tell them my story. But more importantly why I decided to …
The United Nations’ International Women’s Day (IWD) took place on Friday 8th March with some great events organised around the world. In particular Women 2.0 honoured IWD with Founder Friday meetings in innovative cities globally to promote the creation of new networks among aspiring entrepreneurs, current entrepreneurs and investors. Women In Aerospace (US, Europe and Canada) celebrated women by …
The Lynx Apollo competition has been exceptional at showcasing the commercial spaceflight industry to the public but apparently lacks in the gender equality department. The recently opened competition will allow 22 winners to experience a suborbital flight on the Lynx SXC space plane. Open to participants in over 60 countries, entrants are being asked to discuss …
Lynx Apollo reminded that “Women are Astronauts too!” Read More »
Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best for the year ahead! They’ll be some exciting updates to the site coming up very soon so stay tuned!! – Vinita
It was great to see Google’s doodle today which commemorated Ada Lovelace’s 197th birthday and her contribution to computer science. Google are also supporting and helping to inspire women to join technology fields. Women Techmakers is a five-part series in which talented female developers and women who advocate for gender balance in the technology industry present their …
Google Doodle and Women Techmakers series shows support for women in technology! Read More »
Ada Lovelace Day (October 16th) is an event designed to raise the profile of female scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians. A day to bring attention and celebrate their achievements. Born in 1815, Ada Lovelace is considered to be the world’s first computer programmer! As the daughter of poet Lord Byron and Annabella Milbanke, she was …
A very Happy Birthday to NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams! Sunita’s celebrating her birthday onboard the International Space Station (ISS), which she became Commander of last week, becoming only the second female commander in ISS history. During an EVA (spacewalk) last week, Sunita also gained the world record for the longest time spent spacewalking by a …
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With the unfortunate passing of Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, recently, it’s poignant to reflect upon how utterly significant her achievement really was. On her launch into space on Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, she was preceeded by two Russian women, Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1982), however still marking a …
The passing of Sally Ride: First American Woman in Space. Read More »
Dear readers, Welcome to Rocket Women! To introduce myself, my name’s Vinita Marwaha and I’m an Operations Engineer for the International Space Station. Most commonly described as being a Rocket Scientist. Apart from having a successful career in the space industry, I’m also a daughter, girlfriend, sister and friend. I wondered why it was that …
